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>> but even if you assume all the ugliness, muslims are not terrorists by definition. there are a billion muslims, okay? you know why they dont focus on the northern border part. it doesnt fit into the brown menace. >> no. >> it doesnt fit into the brown menace. >> you know what i used to say when people would say, oh, maybe barack obama is a muslim. and i would say, okay. what if he is a muslim? whats wrong with being a muslim? theres absolutely nothing wrong with that. so this, as i said, its ...

Nice distraction. from what we learned this week. the buzzfeed thing if we match the reporting or anybody else had thats a credible organization. this would have been a big deal. instead it leads us back to where we were the pleading that creates the suggestion that cohen may have been in contact and coordinating with others while preparing his congressional testimony. we still dont know for sure. we learned a lot else this week. we had rudy giuliani completely change the sperktive on the defens...

Lets put up why this made sense to people when it came out anyway. its not about damming the president. its the context of what we thought we were going to find out surrounding cohens testimony. hes about to testify again. by what were seeing now and the sourcing is for buzzfeed, doesnt seem like it might be under his um bell l.a. what was in muellers pleading. that came out the same day as the southern district pleading about cohen. cohen provided relevant and useful information concerning his ...

It aint over. lets get after it. >> they put out a statement just a moment ago about what they hear in this buzz feed report, and they knock it down in part. now buzz feed reported that michael cohen, the presidents former lawyer told the special counsel that president trump directed him to lie to congress about a massive business deal he was seeking with moscow. they cited two law enforcement sources investigating it. they said they had corroborating effort. muellers team put out a statement th...

Want the protection. especially with rudy giuliani saying they must bring these sources forward. its not unusual for them to want to be anonymous and its the law enforcement officials telling buzz feed what the special counsel knows. now to you, does that mean they must work for the special counsel? or does it mean that both could be true? they work for some other entity, other body, and the special counsel is modifying the reporting and not cancelling it %-po in on that particular phrase and th...

Was directed by individual 1. mueller didnt do that. when he talked about the congressional testimony and how he came up with the decision to lie and who might have helped him. he said he was talking to people there was coordination with people in the white house. he was in touch. michael cohen pleaded he kept in touch with the white house and talking to people. neither mention the president specifically. they could have. it makes me wonder, is this about me vs. we. the president directing it. w...

Lets put up why this made sense to people when it came out anyway. its about the context of what we thought we were going to find out surrounding cohens testimony. remember, hes about to testify again. now i dont know if this matter will be closed off because its too close to what mueller is doing. although, by what were saying right now and what the sourcing is for buzzfeed, doesnt seem like it might be under his umbrella. maybe he will be allowed to discuss it. but put up the language of what ...

Accurate. buzzfeed is not backing down. we stand by our reporting and the sources that informed it and we urge the special counsel to make clear what he is disputing. all right. its good to have you both, all right? lets deal with where we think things stand. buzzfeed says one thing. the mueller people change in terms of what they believe is true about what they know. does that end the buzzfeed reporting for you? >> for me, i take it as now we are back to exactly where we were at the point where...

So we all remembered that he was talking to people. he was talking to people involved in the white house. i wonder who. then you have to look at that in the context of what his lawyers said in response to that. put that up, please. okay. in the weeks in which his then council prepared his written response to the congressional commi committe committees, michael remained in close and regular contact with white house based staff and legal council. so heres where my head is on this. what could be th...

Taking this extraordinary step to actually comment on it reflects a couple things. i think that this particular allegation is so explosive and has so many potential consequences, that they felt it was important to make clear what was or wasnt accurate about or at least not accurate about the story. also it has been almost two years. we have not heard boo from the special counsel. no leaks, he has been a lock down. i dont think where ever the sources are coming from, i would be -- im not 99% sure...